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Troy University is known for its innovation in offering in-class and online academic programs in servicing traditional, nontraditional, and military students. In spring 2018, Troy University was ranked #19 among the "Most Innovative Schools" in U.S. News & World Report 's annual peer assessment survey. The main campus enrollment as of the fall ...
Troy University was a short-lived university established at Troy, New York in 1858 under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The school closed in 1861. The building that housed the university remained a prominent Troy landmark until 1969. On the site now is Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Folsom Library.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (/ r ɛ n s ə ˈ l ɪər /; RPI) is a private research university in Troy, New York, United States. It is the oldest technological university in the English-speaking world and the Western Hemisphere. It was established in 1824 by Stephen Van Rensselaer and Amos Eaton for the "application of science to the ...
The Troy Trojans college football team represents Troy University as a member of the Sun Belt Conference. The Trojans competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision . The program has had 24 head coaches , and two interim head coaches, since it began play during the 1909 season .
Troy University has acquired different institutional rankings from various sources: In 2017, Forbes ranked Troy as the 640th best school in the nation. Forbes' overall ranking centers on the value of the degree obtained by a university's students and measures, in part, the marketplace success of a school's graduate.
Troy King, former attorney general for the state of Alabama [6] Kevin Kregel, NASA astronaut and mission commander for the February 2000 mission of the Space Shuttle Endeavour [7] James J. LeCleir, U.S. Air Force major general [8] Michael J. McCarthy, U.S. Air Force major general [9] John Perzel, politician and member of the Republican Party
Troy University's athletics nickname was the Red Wave until the early 1970s when the student body voted to change the name to Trojans. Prior to becoming a member of NCAA Division One athletics in 1993, Troy University was a member of the Gulf South Conference of the NCAA Division II ranks.
William Floyd Clipson (December 30, 1920 – June 25, 1996) was an American football and basketball coach. [1] He served as the head football coach at Troy State University—now known as Troy University—in Troy, Alabama from 1955 to 1965, compiling a record of 26–68. [2]